18-letter words containing l, a, m, n

high-grade mineral — a mineral fulfilling certain conditions as regards purity or other physical properties
homelands movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
honourable mention — If something that you do in a competition is given an honourable mention, it receives special praise from the judges although it does not actually win a prize.
hyperaldosteronism — aldosteronism.
hyperbilirubinemia — an abnormally high level of bilirubin in the blood, manifested by jaundice, anorexia, and malaise, occurring in association with liver disease and certain hemolytic anemias.
immunohistological — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
immunopharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the immune system
imploded consonant — a consonant which is pronounced with or by implosion
impressionableness — The quality of being impressionable.
in compliance with — in accordance with
in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.
incidental damages — law: incurred by contract breach
incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
incremental backup — (operating system) A kind of backup that copies all files which have changed since the date of the previous backup. The first backup of a file system should include all files - a "full backup". Call this level 0. The next backup could also be a full level 0 backup but it is usually much quicker to do a level 1 backup which will include only those files which have changed since the level 0 backup. Together the level 0 and level 1 backups will include the latest version of every file. Level 1 backups can be made until, say, the backup tape is nearly full, after which we can switch to level 2. Each level includes those files which have changed since the last backup at a lower level. The more levels you use, the longer it will take to restore the latest version of a file (or all files) if you don't know when it was last modified. Compare differential backup.
indiscriminatingly — In an indiscriminating manner.
industrial diamond — a small often synthetic diamond, valueless as a gemstone, used in cutting tools, abrasives, etc
information island — (jargon) A body of information (i.e. electronic files) that needs to be shared but has no network connection.
informatory double — a double intended to inform one's partner that one has a strong hand and to urge a bid regardless of the strength of his or her hand.
initial commission — Initial commission is commission that is paid to someone who sells or recommends a financial product for the first time.
instruction manual — how-to, usage guide
instrument landing — an aircraft landing accomplished by use of gauges on the instrument panel and ground-based radio equipment, with limited reference to outside visual signals.
insurance salesman — male: sells insurance
investment analyst — a specialist in forecasting the prices of stocks and shares
involuntary muscle — muscle: contracts involuntarily
italian somaliland — a former Italian colony and trust territory in E Africa: now part of the Democratic Somali Republic.
james-lange theory — a theory that emotions are caused by bodily sensations; for example, we are sad because we weep
jerusalem syndrome — a delusive condition affecting some visitors to Jerusalem in which the sufferer identifies with a major figure from his or her religious background
jet-enamelled ware — English Worcester porcelain ware of the 18th century, transfer-printed in black.
johnny-come-lately — a late arrival or participant; newcomer: the Johnny-come-latelies producing space-war films after the trend had ended.
king william's war — the war (1689–97) in which England and its American colonies and Indian allies opposed France and its Indian allies and which constituted the American phase of the War of the Grand Alliance.
king-of-the-salmon — a ribbonfish, Trachypterus altivelis, of northern parts of the Pacific Ocean.
komsomolsk-on-amur — city in SE Russia, on the Amur River: pop. 309,000
lactogenic hormone — prolactin.
lagrange's theorem — the theorem that the order of each subgroup of a finite group is a factor of the order of the group.
lambda abstraction — A term in lambda-calculus denoting a function. A lambda abstraction begins with a lower-case lambda (represented as "\" in this document), followed by a variable name (the "bound variable"), a full stop and a lambda expression (the body). The body is taken to extend as far to the right as possible so, for example an expression, \ x . \ y . x+y is read as \ x . (\ y . x+y). A nested abstraction such as this is often abbreviated to: \ x y . x + y The lambda expression (\ v . E) denotes a function which takes an argument and returns the term E with all free occurrences of v replaced by the actual argument. Application is represented by juxtaposition so (\ x . x) 42 represents the identity function applied to the constant 42. A lambda abstraction in Lisp is written as the symbol lambda, a list of zero or more variable names and a list of zero or more terms, e.g. (lambda (x y) (plus x y)) Lambda expressions in Haskell are written as a backslash, "\", one or more patterns (e.g. variable names), "->" and an expression, e.g. \ x -> x.
lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
launching ceremony — a ceremony that celebrates the launch of a ship for the first time into the water
law of mass action — the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.
lay down your arms — If soldiers lay down their arms, they stop fighting and give up their weapons.
lean manufacturing — efficiency in the production of goods
light displacement — the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery.
lighting cameraman — the person who designs and supervises the lighting of scenes to be filmed
limestone pavement — a horizontal surface of exposed limestone in which the joints have been enlarged, cutting the surface into roughly rectangular blocks
limit-state design — a design criterion specifying that with acceptable probabilities a structure will not reach a limit state in which it either is unfit for the use for which it was designed (unavailability limit state) or fails (ultimate limit state)
limiting adjective — (in English and some other languages) one of a small group of adjectives that modify the nouns to which they are applied by restricting rather than describing or qualifying. This, some, and certain are limiting adjectives.
linear combination — a sum of products of each quantity times a constant: The expression aX + bY + cZ is a linear combination of X, Y, and Z, where a, b, and c are constants.
linear programming — any of several methods for finding where a given linear function of several nonnegative variables assumes an extreme value and for determining the extreme value, the variable usually being subjected to constraints in the form of linear equalities or inequalities.
literae humaniores — (at Oxford University) the faculty concerned with Greek and Latin literature, ancient history, and philosophy; classics
literal-mindedness — the quality or state of tending to take words in their literal sense

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